Once inside the body, HIV persists because of its remarkable ability to hide within healthy CD4 T cells, where it can lie ...

Efforts to develop a gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) — a rare, life-threatening disorder in which bone marrow ...

“We’ve built a blueprint of the entire gut, and that’s a remarkable achievement,” said study senior author Ramnik Xavier, the ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have taken another decisive step in their efforts to develop a gene therapy for people ...

But a new study, published Nov. 19 in Current Biology, offers compelling evidence that even tiny single-cell creatures such ...

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Gaab, an HMS associate professor of pediatrics, heads a research unit in the Laboratories for Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. Infants must learn to process sounds. By early ...

Established in 1782, the School has produced generations of physicians whose life's work is to care for patients with skill, compassion and integrity. HMS graduates also embrace opportunities to have ...

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Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...

Morton was honored for her research leading to the identification of HMGA2, the first gene implicated in the development of uterine fibroids. Her research has focused on finding genes predisposing ...

Although it can’t compose poetry or solve equations, this extensive network uses the same chemicals and cells as the brain to help us digest and to alert the brain when something is amiss. Gut and ...